If you want to catch a black goat you make haste before it's dark.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about dark, magic, trap, contentment
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The mouth does not eat if the feet do not walk and the hands work.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about work
The light of a thousand stars doesn't equal the light of the moon.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about light, celebrity, stars, moon
A dead body cannot urge over how it should be placed in the grave.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about body
When the rain falls, it falls on both the freeborn and the slaves.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about rain
Don't admire the flying bird before you know the pain of flapping.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about pain, contentment
No matter how big the butterfly may be, it cannot be called a bat.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
The day the monkey is destined to die, all the trees get slippery.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about death, day
If you want to sit under a shade in your old age plant a tree now.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about olderness, age, old, contentment
You can stay a thousand miles away from home and still see inside.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, contentment
A spiritual leader is able to see the past, present and the future.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about present, future, past
It is possible to kill a man but it is impossible to kill his name.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about impossible, name, man
A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about trap
It is a man with a harp who should decide how he is going to sleep.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about sleep, man
Once you've started a competition, you must carry it to the finish.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about competition, end, contentment
One only realises the importance of a well when the water dries up.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about water
A blind person knows his environment more than a visitor with eyes.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about blind, eyes, people
The wind that carried the mortar will not fail to carry the pestle.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Used recklessly then s/he must have inherited the misused property.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
A fish will not live out of water but will prefer air to hot water.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about air, water, fishing
